Church elder kills wife, cuts her body into pieces and then disposes them in a waste bin in Akwa Ibom

The police in Akwa Ibom state has arrested one Sunday Uko Akpan,
a church elder, for allegedly killing his 35-year-old wife and mother of
his three children, Martha Sunday Uko, at their home in Uyo, the state
capital on October 11th. A statement from the state police public
relations officer, Bala Elkana, says Akpan who is an elder at the Light
of the World Mission Church, Oron Road, Uyo, had on the said day had an
argument with his wife which degenerated into a fight. Later at night,
Akpan used a knife to stab his wife and then cut her remains into
pieces.

“Later, the suspect at midnight cut her remains into pieces, packed
them in two sacks, put them in a wheelbarrow and poured them into a
waste bin near NDLEA’s office, off Nwaniba Road, Uyo. The suspect killed
his wife in the presence of their children, who thereafter reported to
the police, for fear of being murdered by their father. During
interrogation, he confessed to the crime. An investigation is on. The
suspect will be arraigned for murder,” the statement read